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LA times owner considering an "AI" "bias meter" to summarize "both sides" of stories. Remember when i told you generative "AI" was a direct threat to democracy & the processes of making & certifying knowledge/consensus reality? I'm beginning to think some of you heard that as a Good thing. Stop it.

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Jesus ... wheel ...

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David Johansen, who fronted the legendary 1970s proto-punk band New York Dolls and who also recorded under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter, has died

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11 year old Jocelynn Rojo Carranza of Gainesville, Texas, took her own life after classmates bullied her into thinking ICE was being called on her family. I hope and pray that the parents of her bullies burn in hell for raising such God awful “children.”

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booty in the morning?

submitted 28 days ago • 18 comments

Absolutely ZERO sympathy for these non-white, immigrant Trump supporters. None.

submitted 29 days ago • 560 comments

Lady Gaga has released her new single ‘Abracadabra.’ 🔗: open.spotify.com/album/2I6LyArz…

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Lady Gaga drops the music video to ‘Abracadabra.’ Watch: youtu.be/vBynw9Isr28?si…

submitted 31 days ago • 23 comments

“Trans people are not invisible. Trans people deserve love. The queer community deserves to be lifted up. Music is love, thank you.” — Lady Gaga while accepting Best Pop Duo Performance at the #GRAMMYs

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Björk shares her opinion on the streaming era to Apple Music: “Spotify is probably the worst thing that has happened to musicians. The streaming culture has changed an entire society and an entire generation of artists.”

submitted 39 days ago • 5 comments

#love

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Donald Trump has revoked the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1965. The order prohibited discrimination in hiring and employment based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

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BREAKING: The Justice Department of suing six of the nation’s largest landlords for illegally raising rents on over one million people using algorithmic pricing. The DOJ and multiple states added these landlords to their suit against RealPage, the rental software company.

submitted 57 days ago • 27 comments

I stand by this.

submitted 61 days ago • 333 comments

In Iceland, on Christmas Eve, people give each other books so they can spend the evening drinking cocoa & reading. It’s called, Jolabokaflod, the Christmas book flood. I’ve never been more in love with Iceland than I am right now ♥️♥️

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NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal. www.propublica.org/article/unit... 👇

submitted 82 days ago • 982 comments

President Biden says he's commuting the prison sentences for nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others. The White House calls it the largest act of clemency in a single day in modern presidential history.

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Mobilizing the resources to arrest, detain, legally process, and then ultimately deport 1 million immigrants per year—as Vance has suggested—would cost some $88 billion annually, FP’s Christina Lu writes.

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BREAKING: Autonomous anti-genocide activists bring the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to a grinding halt after blockading the McDonald’s float for a second year in a row. “Those grinches who thinks they can disrupt the parade: it’s not going to happen,” Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday.

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The Massachusetts AG is cracking down on a company collecting on "zombie second mortgages" — old loans that homeowners thought were dead but rise from the grave. People are losing houses over them.

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New data released by the FBI show violent crime and property crime both fell in 2023 compared to the previous year.

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Amber Thurman died after waiting 20 hours for emergency care under Georgia's abortion ban. Sen. Ron Wyden demanded records his committee could review to determine whether the hospital violated the law. “It’s not even a question,” one expert said.

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Eating less meat can slash your carbon footprint, and Black Americans have been leading the trend adopting this climate friendly diet.

submitted 173 days ago • 10 comments